I was fortunate to have several close encounters with the bull elk that wintered in Boulder the past three years. I am saddened by the loss of this creature that served as a guardian spirit for neighborhoods on the western edge of Boulder.

For whatever reason those police officers poached this magnificent animal, I hope that its unnecessary death can serve as a wake-up call.

We Boulderites take our wildlife seriously and with great affection! We do not view any animals or plants as goods to be used or appropriated for personal ends. We love the nature that surrounds our city and we expect (and demand!) good stewardship, not sneaking thievery.

Any officer of the law, as well as each and every city employee, must understand and abide by this basic premise from day one of his or her training.

I feel deeply disrespected by the very police force I pay taxes to support. Those two misguided and thoughtless officers struck a cruel blow to our community, one which includes two-legged and four-legged creatures alike.

Local duo joining overseas exhibition excursionFilippo Swartz went to Italy, where his mother was born and he spent the first year or so of his life, every summer until he had to stick around to be a part of summer football activities for the Longmont High School team. Full Story

MacIntyre says the completed project will be best in Pac-12There were bulldozers, hard hats, mud, concrete trucks, blueprints, mud, cranes, lots of noise and, uh, mud, during the last recruiting cycle when Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre brought recruits to campus. Full Story

Most people don't play guitar like Grayson Erhard does. That's because most people can't play guitar like he does. The guitarist for Fort Collins' Aspen Hourglass often uses a difficult two-hands-on-the-fretboard technique that Eddie Van Halen first popularized but which players such as Erhard have developed beyond pop-rock vulgarity.
Full Story